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Are expecting some big changes. We still have a spare the air alert that is lingered day after day due to the hazy conditions. The north winds still not totally shut off. So were looking at some of that smoke from the north still being brought into the bay area. But look at that. Weve got a cold front that is going to clean everything out, bring fire ending rain to extreme Northern California. So some really good news there. Heres a look at live doppler seven moderate air quality right now. That means were in the yellow and well look for these hazy conditions. This is a 24 hour loop that shows the blue indicating, yeah, were going to have some of that high elevation smoke. But by the time we get to the second half of our weekend skies will be much clearer. So poor air quality, mainly north bay, the coast and central bay. Then everyone gets into the good air quality. Tomorrow it is 59 in oakland, 57 in fremont. And as we look at our northerly winds, theyre light, but they still will be transporting some of that smoke. And as we look at the next several hours, well be under sunny to hazy conditions. Those upper 60s inland to mid 70s by about 4 00. And then looking at 60s at the coast, gloria sounds nice. Thank you, lisa. And you can monitor the air quality all in our online interactive tracker. You can check it out on abc7 news. Com. Com. Weve put it on the home page to make it easy to find right now. A two year old diedolwing a shooting in vallejo. Few details are available but were told it happened on alhambra avenue yesterday morning. Police say a Family Member brought the boy to the hospital and the toddler had at least one gunshot wound. They say the shooting happened at a home, but the circumstances are not clear right now. No arrests have been made. Six year old Jeremy Stoner was assaulted and strangled. A suspect was arrested, but later cleared. And jeremys murder went unsolved until this week. Abc seven News Reporter Tara Campbell tells us how police finally cracked the case. And what we know about the suspect footage from more than three decades ago. Abc seven news there for the funeral of six year old Jeremy Stoner, a abducted near his familys vallejo home in 1987. His body found days later on Sherman Island in sacramento county. We are in the process, as we have been for the last several days, of going throughout that area. And looking for suspicious people. Anything that may be suspicious that has come through that area that year, police did arrest and charge a man with murder and kidnaping, but the case was dismissed and the investigation then went cold for decades. That is, until this week. Solano County District attorney Krishna Abrams announcing friday a new suspect in custody identified using Dna Technology in a statement, she said, i am so thankful to have such dedicate and cold case investigators that no matter how much time goes by, they remained steadfast in their commitment to solving these horrific cases. Jim hammer is a former San Francisco assistant district attorney, the second level is think about the guy who was wrongly accused of this. I mean, a man who had falsely accused of rape and murder of a young boy. I cant imagine a worse false accusation than now. This week, investigators arresting fred kane, the third, at his home in central point, oregon. Hell be transferred to Solano County to face a murder charge. Hes also accused of kidnaping and. But if dna is collected properly and everyone follows procedure, theres in my mind, no better evidence in the world because it can prove conclusively who committed this crime and perhaps soon, some long awaited closure for this community. Tara campbell, abc seven news. Governor newsom is urging the Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that block cities from clearing homeless encampment sites. He filed a brief yesterday warning the high court that cities are paralyzed by the decision. Newsoms filing comes following whats become a hot issue in San Francisco, where the city is fighting an injunction that keeps it from clearing camps. District attorneys in sacramento and san diego have filed similar briefs. Elon musk has pledged to donate 100,000 to defeat one progressive San Francisco supervisor over during next years elections. It comes after the supervisor got some pushback for comments that he made about the citys problem with car breakins. But as abc7 News Reporter tim johns tells us, theres a lot more to this story. A post from San Francisco supervisor dean preston now going viral online on wednesday. Preston taking to the social media platform formerly known as twitter to urge the city to launch a campaign telling visitors not to leave things in their cars. The supervisor saying the move would dramatically reduce car break ins. The tweet getting noticed by several of prestons political opponents, including elon musk, who said hed donate 100,000 to help defeat him in the next election. And thats not in stead of enforcement right. The Police Department and the dea will work on the enforce side of it. During an interview, preston said his tweet was taken out of context by musk and others. He tells me he believes the city needs a multifaceted approach to tackle the car breaking epidemic. Thats why he hosted a special hearing thursday, bringing together several city agencies to try and find solutions to the problem. Lets actually have real signage with graphics that are clear to people, no matter what language they speak. Lets have Community Ambassador who are out there hand adding a similar flier to people as they park San Francisco has aveged between 15 and 20,000 car break ins a year since around 2017. A fact that perpetuates negative perceptions of the city for both locals and visitors alike, says sharky laguana. When visitors come here and their windows are broken and their luggage is stolen or their passports are stolen, their computers are stolen. Uh, it doesnt make them want to come back. Laguana is the president of the american car rental association. He says leaving a car empty doesnt always help, but its certainly no guarantee. Ive had my car broken into many times, and it didnt have anything in it. Laguana says San Francisco has been trying the same failed methods to prevent car break ins for years and that city leaders need to find new solutions. And this is where were coming up short. Were just unable to catch these people all doing it in San Francisco, tim johns, abc seven news. Could San Francisco bring back a type of private Security Service not seen since the gold rush . One Police Commissioner wants to see it happen. Abc7 News Reporter luis pena looks at what it would take to revive the program of patrol specials. Crime in San Francisco is trending up. According to the latest city police data robberies over the last 12 months are up 6 compared to the annual average over the last four years. Vehicle thefts are also up 19 compared to the yearly average. City officials are now getting creative, looking at the past to stop future crime, theyre considering something called patrol specials. A patrol special is a modified private security. So this also will free up our Police Officers to actually fight crime. San francisco commissioner Deborah Walker presented this proposal to the Police Commission this week, hoping to officially bring back a squad of this type to the city is an existing program that began back in the Gold Rush Days when we didnt have police. But its always operated sort of side at the same time as our Police Department. Currently, theres only one patrol special still active in San Francisco. He urged sfpds chief and other commissioners to revive this program. When i became patrol special in 1977, it was 450 patrol specials that was assistance and beat owners. Sfpd is about 600 officers short patrol specials would be assigned to specific blocks where businesses request their services. In the past, they have been armed and their uniform is very similar to that of an officer. So we have our ambassador program. We are looking at using police reserves and paying them. There are about 260 businesses in fishermans wharf. The Community Benefit district says safety is a major concern. The patrol Specialist Program is Crime Prevention through presence and that is what were asking for, just having them around will give tourists. Theyll make them feel safer as the Police Commission irons out the details. Supervisor peskin is also worried about why they disappeared. The Police Officer union was never big. Fans of the patrol special. They saw them as competition. Were no longer in those days. Were short several hundred Police Officers, so hopefully those issues will go away. Now, we also contacted the San Francisco police union for comment and did not hear back. Theres also an issue of fairness because some neighborhoods will be able to afford patrol specials on some want. For now, the Police Commission is working with sfpd to define what the training and strategy will be moving forward in the newsroom, im luis pena, abc seven news. Happening now, the start of highway shutdown that will last all weekend. The northbound lanes of highway 87in san jose clos starting 9 p. M. Yesterday. T between julian street and highway 85. This is for a major lane resurfacing project. The closure is expected to run through 5 00 on monday morning. Another closure will take place the weekend of october 20th, and thats when the southbound lanes will be repaved. And now lets get a check of your forecast with lisa. All right. Good morning to you. Waking up to partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies from our sutro tower. Camera 57 in San Francisco. So the smoke that was pushed offshore pushed back onshore overnight. So thats why we have another spare the air alert, but better air quality on the way as soon as tomorrow. So well welcome fall in on a pretty nice note. But talk about some very early showers coming up. All right. Thank you, lisa. And also ahead, a wet spring, smoky skies and rain expected next week. Winemakers have really dealt with a lot this year. Now its harvest time. 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For the first time in martinez history, the city is holding its first pride celebration on saturday i went to school in martinez and i remember there was nothing available. All for pride. Christian aguirre is executive director of the Rainbow Community center. The lgbtq nonprofit serves people of all ages in 19 cities across Contra Costa County. This year, its the main Event Sponsor for martinez pride. We really want to elevate that message to create awareness , and also to allow people to feel welcomed everywhere they go in our county. And for the main organizer, sarah tucker, its personal. It just it helps right . As a parent and as a queer person myself, it helps to know that our community is behind us. Martinez is now one of several smaller communities that have adopted their own pride. Instead of relying on events in larger cities. Tucker says with a rise in anti lgbtq legislation across the country this year, pride has never been more important. There are lgbtq folks every aware, and we like to see it in our communities. We want to know that our local businesses support us and our City Council Supports us. And so its important to have representation. Its important for our kids to have representation. Martinez mayor brian zorn says the event is also proudly backed by the city, with a 2,500 cultural grant in addition, it really shows our Lgbtq Community living in martinez that theyre seen and that theyre loved by their martinez neighbors. But with future Grant Funding uncertain, the Rainbow Community center is still seeking more sources of funding to make sure pride can continue next year. So were trying to bring more Community Members to step in and also build a donor base for us to sustain throughout many years. And if they can contribute to this group, then that will ensure that were able to have this event annually in martinez, lena howland, abc seven news in San Francisco this weekend, you can expect to see a lot of leather in the citys soma neighborhood. The 40th annual folsom street fair is going on sunday. The event draws thousands of kink and leather enthusiasts to the city every year. You can also enjoy some food, drinks, live music and dance while supporting local businesses. Folsom street fair will go from 11 a. M. Until 6 p. M. On folsom between eighth and 13th streets in the east bay. Tens of thousands of people are expected to stroll the streets of lafayette this weekend for the r and wine festival. It starts at 10 00 in the morning and it features hundreds of vendors as well as live music and kids zones. It takes over several blocks of mount diablo boulevard and you have to buy drink tickets in person. This is a largest annual festival in Contra Costa County in the north bay. The wine harvest of grapes is off to a late start because of a cold, wet spring which delayed the ripening. And now with potential rain in the forecast, many vineyards are moving to pick some varietals quicker. But despite the weather roadblocks, many are optimistic that 2023 will be a good vintage. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard has more from wine country. Im really happy with the way the my crew has gone through and balanced this canopy. Its a busy week for steve letson, a fifth generation winemaker in kenwood. Im up at 3 00 in the morning getting people organized and im out in the vineyards checking fruit and stuff. Its harvest time for many white grape varieties. Most of the picking happening overnight to keep the fruit cool. We picked a day last week. Its a small block up in mountain terraces. Its just incredible. We only make 50 cases of it. Incredible wine. And so now were looking at chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. Steve says the 2023 harvest has been delayed to 2 to 3 weeks after a cool wet spring which slowed grape ripening. And now theres more weather challenges ahead. All the smoke in the air from wildfires up north. Not a huge concern to steve and his crew because the particles are so high in the atmosphere. Air but rain in the forecast. It is a different story for grapes still on the vine. Our red grapes cabrillo, all the reds that wont really bother them. That much. Thats not going to do anything but white grapes. What can happen, especially if you have tight clusters, get the tried or some mildew bunch rot and stuff like that in there. The approaching rain is accelerating. The picking of the grapes. Normally this time of year were were in the 80s and even in the 90s in mid september. So thats been a concern. Its kind of stalled the ripening process. As brooks painter from bay city winery in saint helena says, his priority is harvesting white grape varieties at the labels vineyard. Here in the anderson valley, which could see three quarters of an inch of rain in the coming days. Last thing you want is a heavy rain right at the end of harvest when were essentially ready to pick the grapes. Ive been doing this my whole life since i was a little kid, steve says. As farmers, you have to pivot with changing weather conditions. And he believes when the harvest is done, theyll be something worth toasting to. As far as the vintage quality, i think it is going to be one of the best. Just in credible. And kenwood, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. Spooky season is approaching and the Winchester Mystery House will send people back in time for an interactive halloween experience. Unhinged house warming has returned for its 100th year in san jose. The haunted mansion experience has a roaring 20s theme this year. Guests can go on a tour of the estate and theyll find strange things happen throughout the place. It also features some scare zone sideshow entertainers. A halloween museum, interactive games, food and drinks, night with unhinged. We are going back to 1923 and a hollywood couple, welltodo, just purchased the estate and theyre going to open it up for the very first time on halloween night. Tickets are limited and unhinged, will only be available on select days, primarily fridays and saturdays. That looks like so much fun. Lisa, i want to check that out. Have you been there before . I havent. I want to know if you have the babys costume yet. Not yet. I need some ideas. Ive seen a lot out. Very cute. Ill send them my way because im still looking for one. All right, well, you know, usually we dont see any rain before for halloween. And if we do, thats a treat. But how about in the next couple of days . Yes, a very early season. Rain headed our way. And its a strong system. It is an Atmospheric River for the pacific northwest. And theyre going to see anywhere from an inch to four inches of rain from extreme Northern California into portland and also seattle. While theres been showers. Yes saturday in san diego, we sit in between the systems and still looking at a system that is kind of lingering. The smoke anyway, lingering here. Live doppler seven right now, patchy fog. We have partly cloudy skies in concord. And heres a loop of the next couple of days that shows that were still under those hazy conditions. And then as we get into tonight, theyre still going to be that in the atmosphere at least were not really smelling it anymore. And as we go through your sunday back to blue skies as our winds will primarily be from the ocean, heres a look at the moderate air quality once again and looking for that to improve tomorrow, 52 in campbell, looking at temperatures in the upper 50s downtown. Little fog in nevada. But that 47 in napa, pretty chilly there. It is cooler by four degrees in the north bay and milder in oakland by about four degrees. Heres a look outside where we have cloudy skies downtown. Another spare the air alert today. Hazy skies, good air quality. Tomorrow, the haze lingers today and that early season rain coming in on monday. So theres a look at it queuing up here to the north and west of us. And it will continue to spend pretty much all the moisture to the north. So were on the tail end of it right here. So notice ukiah, they could pick up anywhere from three quarters of an inch to an inch and we just heard how not good that is for the grape harvest. But as we get into your monday and tuesday, looking at mainly a few showers late in the day on monday in the north bay. So rainfall amounts mainly from santa rosa to napa, maybe a couple hundredths down through novato, but about a 10th or less from santa rosa, San Francisco, the coast a couple hundredths and everybody else unfortunately in the east bay and south bay not looking at any rain. But still we welcome perhaps the chance anyway numbers today from the mid and upper 60s San Francisco and oakland looking at those partly cloudy conditions. Upper 70s inland. So you notice it is a bit cooler here and the accuweather seven day forecast for this first day of fall hazy still today. Good air quality tomorrow then here comes our chance of showers into the afternoon on monday. Still perhaps a lingering shower on tuesday. Then on the back side of that system, we get warmer with highs in the mid 80s inland. That should take us to near average mid 70s around the bay and thats what we would hope is we get closer to fleet week and our typical october weather because we certainly have not had a typical summer. Yeah, but you know, the good thing yesterday, it seems like the air cleared up yesterday from the smoke. But youre saying today it might be back. Yeah. You know, we have pockets because we get into the breeze and its all really dictated by the wind. So well see that again. Some okay parts. But i think the north bay will be a little bit worse at times. Okay good to be aware of that. Thank you so much, lisa. Well, just ahead, how a community in the middle of an urban neighborhood will be able to grow their own food and known for loving the outdoors. Known for getting everyone together. No one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. Keytruda is known to treat cancer. Fdaapproved for 16 types of cancer, including certain earlystage cancers. One of those cancers is triplenegative Breast Cancer. 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Agrihood is also the site of Affordable Housing, with a focus on seniors and veterans, providing not just a place to live and access to produce, but also a community with farmers markets and gardening lessons. Its going to give them something to do, places to be. Were going to have 50 pop up events a year here, and so theyre going to meet each other, have fun together and really enhance their quality of life. Community member kirk vartan was one of the driving forces behind the project. He started encouraging the city 20 years ago to revitalize the former uc davis agriculture site. Started connecting and we started Engaging Community and we started having meeting. After meeting millions in funding from 2016. Measure Affordable Housing bond and the city of santa clara helped fund agrihood bringing in a master developer called the core companies. 165 affordable units have been allocated for older adults, including 54 units of permanent supportive housing. For us, it was really important to look at what are we building and who are we serving . And we know that our Homeless Population is aging and agrihood is responding to that need. Reslience tenants are already moving into units with more expected and though the housing is key, those behind this urban farm stress that the brand new space is for everyone, not just for the residents. Its for everybody. And thats thats really the goal is. So this is a this is a Community Public asset. How does public space serve the public . And thats really what i think this will do in santa clara. Zach fuentes, abc seven news. Still to come on abc seven mornings, the governor signing with a i and vetoing a bill banning autonomous truck driving. This is autoworker strikes continue. Plus the tourism boost from dreamforce. How many people visited San Francisco for the major tech conference . And what they had to say about it . About it. Your dog is the one you wanted. You want whats best for them. 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And today were still going to see the lingering effects of some of the haze in the atmosphere and other spare the air alert. Looking at our air quality right now, it is moderate pretty much all around the bay area. And a look at the rest of today features the haze, the blue indicating that light smoke. It continues us into the evening hours. But as we get into your sunday, it really does clear and well be looking at much bluer skies and better breathing for sure. So today, poor air quality north bay coast in central bay, elsewhere, moderate tomorrow, everywhere. Its good right now current numbers from the upper 50s in san ramon and fremont to 47 in napa we have fog in the lower elevations and that will continue to bring mostly cloudy skies through 9 00 and then it pulls back looking at temperatures in the low 70s, 1 00, its going to be a cooler day. Some high clouds around by late in the afternoon, mainly 60s, mid 70s. And well look for increasing clouds on sunday, leading to some early season rain on monday gloria. All right. Thank you so much, lisa. New this morning, governor gavin newsom vetoed the latest selfdriving truck bill. The senate backed bill would require a human operator in autonomous trucks over 10,000 pounds for the next five years, according to the sf chronicle. Governor newsom opted not to sign the legislation, calling it unnecessary. Teamsters union represents 250,000 members and rallied in favor of the bill this past week. They argued that not signing the bill could risk thousands, thousands of human jobs being lost. United auto workers are entering their second week on strike. Employees walking out at 38 facilities say that some progress has been made in negotiations with ford, but not with General Motors and stellantis. As Abcs Lionel Moise reports. President biden says he will join them on the picket line next week. We are the union. We are the union. Mighty, mighty union. Mighty, mighty union. Workers at an ac delco Parts Distribution center in memphis, tennessee. Part of the 5600 automakers joining the United Auto Workers strike friday against the three big us automakers. The uaw increasing the pressure on General Motors and stellantis friday, expanding its strike to all 38 parts and distribute facilities across 20 states. We will shut down Parts Distribution until those two Companies Come to their senses and come to the table with a serious offer. Stellantis issuing a statement saying that it questions if the unions leadership was daetz to reach an agreement in a timely manner or accusing the union of pursuing their own political agendas rather than the best interests of employees. The union is asking for more than a 40 wage increase over four years, a 32 hour workweek for 40 hours of pay and a restoration of traditional Pension Plans for new workers. So far, the companies have offered a little over half that amount, according to uaw president sean fain. Ford is showing progress on issues like cost of living increases, Profit Sharing and security during layoffs. In a statement, ford saying there are still significant gaps to close on the key economic issues. Nobody wants to be out here. We want to be in there working. We want to be, you know, getting parts to our customers and to the dealers. But it comes to a point where you had to draw a line in the sand. And next week, the workers will have some company on the picket lines. President biden saying he will travel to michigan tuesday, saying on formerly twitter that he wants to stand in solidarity with the men and women of uaw as they fight for a fair share of the value they helped create. Lionel llamas, abc news, new york. Happening today, hollywood striking riders and the major studios will meet for a fourth straight day. In a statement yesterday, the Writers Guild of america, the wga, confirmed to its more than 11,000 members that talks will continue into the weekend after weeks of inaction face to face negotiations between the writers and the alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed this week. The meetings have been bolstered by the presence of four top studio executives as new developments now, a federal judge has ruled that california cannot ban gun magazines of more than ten rounds. It comes after the Supreme Court last year set a Legal Standard on interpreted gun laws, relying on their Historical Context as opposed to Public Safety. The ban will likely remain in effect, while California Attorney general appeals the ruling starting next year, amazon prime will include limited advertisements in movies and shows. Amazons change brings it in line with its rivals, like netflix and max, adding ad supported tiers as Companies Search for additional revenue. Customers that want to skip the spots can buy an ad free tier for an additional 2. 99 per month next year. Prime video is now included in the 139 yearly prime subscription an pgandes customers will likely see their bills increase in the coming months. The cpuc is expected to vote on two proposed rate plans in november. One raises rates by 9, the other by 11. Pgandes says an increase is necessary to put 2100 miles of power lines underground and to reduce wildfire risk. When you put those lines underground and it reduces the need to do things like tree trimming and maintenance around those lines. And it also far increases reliability. Pg wants to put most of its many of its power lines underground. That is far too expensive of an approach for wildfire safety. The much better approach is to insulate the power lines, which is a faster and cheaper way. State senator scott wiener released a statement saying the rate increase will place an absurd burden of on customers for upgrades that he claims should have been performed decades ago. Despite ongoing Public Safety concerns in San Francisco, dreamforce attendees defended the city. More than 40,000 people attended Salesforce Dreamforce conference last week, according to sfgate, the costar Group Reported an average of more than 93 Hotel Occupancy during the tech conferences peak evenings. And some Hotel Officials say that downtown restaurants and businesses were packed during this time in july, the citys Hotel Average was 66. San francisco is preparing to take the world stage this november for the Asia Pacific Economic cooperation summit, or apec. The city is trying to raise 20 million extra dollars for apec. It is the Biggest International event that the city has hosted in decades. The money will help host multiple events around the global summit. 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Cal state school to get into for the city of capitola kicked off repairs on the wharf this weekend, which was nearly destroyed by winter storms. City officials held a ceremony to celebrate the start of the construction Community Members came together over the past few months in support of the restoration, thanks to government funding. The project will bring several enhancements to the wharf, like binoculars, new benches and lighting and shade structures. I was here the day of the storm and watched the waves come out and take out the wharf. I was in tears. It means everything. Its iconic. Its its kind of the centerpiece of the whole city. The restoration will replace all the decking and it will also widen and reinforce the pier leaders of the project hope the wharf will bring back. Well, itll come back better than ever by this time next year. Tropical storm ophelia has strengthened off the east coast as its expected to make landfall today. The storm prompting a hurricane watch warning in parts of North Carolina already causing powerful surges as strong winds and flooding around the outer banks. As you can see right there, the National Hurricane center says that the storm is bringing max sustained winds of 80 Miles Per Hour with higher gusts and lisa, i just came from North Carolina to before this job and i covered a lot of those hurricanes. Im glad im not there right now to tell you the truth. But of course, hoping everybody is safe over there. Yeah, thats right. Hurricane season well underway. The peak Hurricane Season right now as we look at sfo, upper 50s, well be in the mid 60s. Breezy winds, hazy skies a spare the air alert, moderate air quality, pretty much for everyone. But were turning a corner on that back to good air quality for the second part of the weekend and fall is with us. Well talk all about that. And some rain showers when we come back but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. 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But yeah, thats a huge honor to be mentioned with somebody like that. Friday night football Mountain West conference opener for san jose state hosting air force. Lets dance. Its friday. First drive of the game Chevan Cordeiro not dancing but sprinting untouched from ten yards seven nothing san jose state it looked like this was going to be all sparty Kyree Robinson two touchdowns in the first half. This is a 29 yard burst carries people running through tackles spartans led 2010 at the half and thats when things went terribly wrong. Air force John Lee Eldridge the third spinning and then hurdling this is a fan tastic run hes carrying people get off of me air force scores 35 straight and they stun sparty 45 to 20 on baseball. Brandon crawford on the road trip in la giants under 500 for the First Time Since june trying to get back to even with a win over the dodgers no score in the fourth Mike Yastrzemski high deep a low ha his 15th to nothing gmen three one in the ninth rookie Tyler Fitzgerald made his Major League Debut on thursday night, and on friday night his First Major League homer. Now the fans, la dodgers fans. Right . They threw it back. But thats good. He gets the ball for his trophy case. Five one giants the final there back at 500. Although the wild card hopes are on life support, how about the as trying to snap an eight game skid . Oh, this is sweet roses for ushers in appreciation of their work. First pitch of the sixth inning. Here it comes. There it goes. All star brant rooker, a towering drive deep to left center for his team, leading 29th of the year. As and tigers knotted a two. And then later in the sixth, Shea Langoliers pinch hitting with two on bangalis a three run homer, his first career pinch hit dinger as snap the slide to win a two and avoid tying the 79 squad for the most losses in oakland history at 108. Thats a wrap on morning sports. Have a great weekend, everybody. Be on larry beale. All right. Thank you, larry. Speaking of the weekend, we know a lot of you are making plans there are a lot of great festivals here in the bay area this weekend. So lisa, is it a good day to be out and about at these festivals . Yeah, you know, were looking at some sunshine. It will be hazy. Air quality is moderate. Our spare the air alert continues into today and were kind of in between systems. The haze will be pulling away tomorrow. Theyve had some tropical raindrops in Southern California around san diego and this system queuing up to bring a lot of rain to the pacific northwest, anywhere from an inch to extreme Northern California to four inches. And well be looking at a few raindrops as well. This is Tropical Storm ophelia with winds of 65 miles an hour. Moving to the north at 13. So bringing anywhere from 2 to 4in of rain for coastal carolina. Also up through virginia, even pennsylvania, new york and as far north as cape cod. So certainly a lot of rain here along the eastern seaboard. And we are quiet with our marine layer back this morning and certainly some of that haze as we look at your saturday morning numbers here, 54 in concord and martinez looking at some fog near vallejo and napa, 48 there. And those 40s becoming kind of a common theme here for parts of the north bay. So certainly cool in spots and looking at anywhere from 4 to 7 degrees colder in the north bay, slightly milder in oakland and hayward this morning. Look outside from our exploratorium camera spare the air again today. The hazy skies for your saturday better air quality for sunday and a chance of early season rain by monday afternoon. So here it is. This will put out some of the fires there. It should put out many of the fires as were going to see some pretty good rain. In fact, some steady rain moving into the pacific northwest. It holds together up through eureka, ukiah and redding and then falls apart into the bay area. So through the overnight hours, it ends into tuesday. But well see that afternoon rain on monday in the north bay, anywhere from about less than a 10th of an inch in santa rosa, a couple of hundredths. Novato you see the coast here and the hills. But look at that third of an inch in ukiah. Could be more than that up to the north but still it is awfully early for the rain and well look at really good air quality after though for the foreseeable future. Thats some good news. Temperatures will be held down today with some cloud cover around partly cloudy conditions. 65 in the city. Weve got some of the marine layer clouds, some haze out there. And then well continue to see those increasing clouds as we get towards your sunday 71 in fremont. Look for 75 in san jose, mid 70s in santa rosa, certainly shy of average. We should be up to 83 in santa rosa this time of year and 81 in san jose. So last measurable rain was june 12th in sonoma county. More to come for sure. Up in sonoma, napa, the accuweather seven day forecast hazy skies today its mild good air quality tomorrow but well see increasing clouds. Some raindrops monday afternoon for some of us it ends on tuesday and then finally getting into some more typical weather for the season. Wednesday and thursday with some mid 80s inland. Im excited. I love fall and here the bay area. Its so nice. Yeah, it should be good. Were going to get a good range all week long. All right. Well, thank you so much, lisa. Well, we all know it is pricey living in the bay area. Now, some tech entrepreneurs are becoming pod people. Theyre living in these tiny spaces to sacrifice comfort for their startups. Abc7 News Reporter luis pena got a look at how theyre living. Its small but its all part of the sacrifice. Thats what a group of ai founders are telling themselves. When they pay 700 a month to rent a sleeping pod in San Francisco. Well, the pod, its the size of a twin bed, so its not very large, but it gets the job done right. Its enough. You just need a place to sleep. How many hours do you get sleeping . Like eight hours. I get a good. I get a good rest. I mean, it gets a little toasty in the pod, but, i mean, its like i sleep fine. Christian louis took these photos from inside his pod a week ago. He moved to the city from illinois to keep growing his ai company. I actually pushed off coming to San Francisco for a really long time, but its been absolutely net positive without a doubt. Like just within the first couple of days, i met some of the smartest people ive met in my entire life. So thats the reason i came and thats the reason im staying. And thats the reason why im living in a pod. One of louis sleeping pod neighbors moved to San Francisco co a month ago from canada. Also for ai, its much, much better to have a Diverse Group of people that you can work with that can help bounce off ideas, brainstorm and actually be able to make something thats probably a little bit more reliable. These founders say thats what theyre finding in San Francisco. A Community Whos building the latest ai companies. Its just more of a place to meet people that are ready to get their hands dirty and get actually get down and work. Also inside their building, they have counted about 20 people renting, sleeping pods, with many being ai founders or people who are working in the space. Everybody here knows each other and so everybody can kind of introduce you to other people like smart engineers, investors , and theyre not wrong. San francisco is a hub for artificial intelligence. San francisco is the ai capital of the world because of the 20 Top Companies anywhere in the world, eight are right here in San Francisco. We showed mayor breed what these founders are doing. So this is it would you live in a place like this . You do what you can when you know you have a product thats going to make it so that you dont necessarily have to live in a place like that for the rest of your life. For these two founders, the sacrifice is worth it. At the end of the day, theyre not staying in these pods the whole day. Theyre working in the common areas and networking thing, sacrificing now so i can build a better life in the future when im in my 20s. So its probably worth doing that. Then when i have kids and San Francisco is hosting its second ai conference this year on november 15th, bringing to the city about 350 of the leading leaders and investors of this space to San Francisco in the newsroom. Luis pena, abc seven news. They are very motivated. 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